Etymology

palisade

pa·li·sade
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Today it means: A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened. Full definition →

Middle French palissade ← Old Occitan palissada ← Latin pālus
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palisade · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived frompālus“stake”
  2. Old Occitan · derived frompalissada
  3. Middle French · borrowed frompalissade
  4. English todaypalisade

Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade.

Palisade · proper noun2

See palisade.

Words from the same roots

Latinpālus all →

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